Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This 7,281 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew (“Stepin Fetchit”) Perry (1902-1985)
Nancy Wilson, Grand Gala du Disque, Amsterdam, March 6, 1968
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Nancy Sue Wilson (1937-2018)
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Emmanuel Lewis (1971- )
William Walker
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William Walker (1917-1992)

Explore Global African History

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Manuel Cuesta Morúa (1962- )
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Makerere University (1922– )
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Afro-Asian Writers’ Conferences (1958-1979)
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Ericka Yadira Cruz Escalante (1981- )

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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Border Love on the Rio Grande: African American Men and Latinas in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas (1850-1940)
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Fighting for Racial Justice in the Pacific Northwest: Lillian Walker and the Long Struggle for Civil Rights
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Eleven Years in the U.S. Navy: The Strange Saga of Robert Shorter
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An American Family’s Multigenerational Rise from Slavery to Harvard University

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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